You all have come up with some interesting and informative posts.

I believe the Matador is, or was fairly recently, owned by the Koch, pronounced like coke, I think, corporation/family? Not sure. We drove around part of it in TX a few years ago, and hope sometime to visit the operation in MT. Ray Marxer and his wife are good friends, good people, and good ranchers. The Matador won the national Environmental Stewardship Award of NCBA for their region the same year we won the Region VII (ND, SD, NE, KS). I think it was seven years ago. The Matodor finished in top place, and the Marxers were excellent spokesmen for the program to demonstrate the environmental excellence and efforts practiced by many ranchers.

TXTibbs, is that book by your mother available for sale? What is the name of the book?

MRJ